Senate Republicans chose John Thune of South Dakota, a longtime Mitch McConnell deputy, as their new leader over Donald Trump ...

U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune of South Dakota to be the Majority Leader starting in January, opting for a seasoned and well-respected lawmaker despite pressure by supporters of Donald ...

Arizona State Senate Candidate John McLean, 68, was killed by a suspected drunk driver as they ran through a stop sign at an ...

Sen. Tom Cotton will be the third-ranked Republican after ousting a sitting leadership member and will be Senate Intel ...

Republicans will have a likely 53-seat majority when they start the confirmation process in the next Congress, up one from ...

Prominent legal commentator David Lat suggests how to prevent the former Florida congressman from becoming the next attorney ...

Pennsylvania's other senator, Sen. John Fetterman, is weighing in on the commonwealth's recount of the US Senate race between ...

As of Nov. 15, the soon-to-be U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he does not favor recess appointments for President ...

Senate Republicans are faced with the choice of whether to assert independence or confirm a string of unqualified nominees.

Recess appointments could allow the president-elect to bypass Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in ...

Only nine presidential Cabinet nominees have ever been blocked by the Senate with a vote. The most recent rejection was more than 30 years ago.

Multiple Republican senators are looming as potential obstacles to President-elect Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks, ...